Manawatu take the lead once again. Scrum on the Northlands 10m line. The crash it up the midfield before spreading wide, Great defense by Northland leads to a turnover at the ruck and its Northland on the attack.

Manawatu win a penalty from scrum time, ref running out of patience with the amount of resets. Te Rude will be able to have a shot at poles a few minutes before halftime.

10min remaining, neither team has dominated thus far, however both are keen to play some running rugby. Manawatu has an excellent opportunity with a 10m lineout. They form a maul before breaking down the blind side and are penalised for holding onto the ball at the ruck. Major opportunity lost.

Manawatu make there way to within 10m of the tryline but are penalised at the ruck. Northland clear their lines and set up a lineout. From there they attack the midfield and after some great vision Matt Wright makes a break before offloading. The Northland winger gets tackled out of play meters from the tryline. Exciting stuff.

Northland are back to 15 men as Hawkins makes his way back on the field, Macilai-Tori bounces a defender away with ease but loses the ball in the process. Manawatu has a scrum 30m out from Northlands tryline.

Northland are rewarded for their efforts as they earn a penalty after the tackler did not release before going for the ball. Kick at poles to follow.

Gilmore attacks the midfield from the scrum but the ball is lost forward soon after. Wanawatu clear the ball up field but it goes out on the full. Northland have another shot with a lineout inside the 22m area.

Northland scrum just outside Manawatu's 22m, they have struggled to get any decent territory for an extended amount of time.

Winger Macilai-Tori looking very dangerous out wide with a great step, Northland are on the attack inside the Manawatu 22m but once again it is turned over and Manawatu counter attack up field.

Hawkins takes a walk to the bench as he deliberately knocks down a pass by Te Rude, Manawatu regains the lead.